Museum rates cover photo
Cassidy Park’s Indian Museum has gone glam. The museum is featured on the cover of the recently distributed AT&T Real Yellow Pages that serve Washington Parish. The cover features a stunning photograph of the museum, which was been renovated under the watchful supervision of volunteer director Millicent “Jimmie” Canter. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:40:42 -0700

Best Museum (2010)
Children's Museum of Indianapolis Childrens Museum of Indianapolis appeals to kids of all ages, which explains why its won this award 14 times over the past two decades. Only the IMA has taken the top honor in other years. Consider the recent rotating exhibits ranging from Barbie to King Tut, as well as educational programming honoring the lives of young heroes such as Anne Frank and Ryan White ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:28:48 -0700

Museum wall effect
A museum's MO is, of course, to showcase art. On the heels of the N.C. Museum of Art's recent expansion, the museum's curator of design Eric Gaard chats about art placement. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:46:19 -0700

Museum of Ceramics to be handicap accessible
EAST LIVERPOOL - The Museum of Ceramics is closer to acquiring handicap accessibility thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Home Savings Charitable Foundation. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:18:53 -0700

Slugger Museum expands offerings
The Louisville Slugger Museum on West Main Street has added more daily activities and programs for visitors that are free with a museum-and-factory-tour ticket. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:06:03 -0700

Museum Of Natural History Launches iPhone App
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City has launched a free app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad called Explorer. The Explorer app uses Wi-Fi to act as an "indoor GPS" within the museum, pinpointing a user's location and offering turn-by-turn directions through more than 500,000 square feet that features 45 permanent exhibition halls, theaters, restrooms, cafs, and museum ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:31 -0700

Vacaville Museum guild to host annual children's party Thursday
The Vacaville Museum Guild's Annual Children's Party will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the museum courtyard, 213 Buck Ave. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:59:03 -0700

Museum Of The Month: The Seti I Sarcophagus At Sir John Soane's Museum
Image courtesy of Sir John Soane's Museum. A closer look at one of the key exhibits at our Museum of the Month . One of the more arrestingly eccentric additions to the Soane collection - which is saying something, being nestled as it is below a gallery of funerary busts and Roman marbles and alongside the real residence of an imaginary monk - is the gigantic sarcophagus of former Egyptian King ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:21:59 -0700

Museum names executive director
Museum names executive director By Ben Fulton The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Jul 29, 2010 06:07PM MDT Gretchen Dietrich has been named the new executive director of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Dietrich has been interim director of the museum since April 2009. The University of Utah’s search committee was unanimous in recommending her for the permanent position, according to a statement released ... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:16:26 -0700